Pack Your 3D-Printed Portable Wind Turbine in a Bag and Take It Wherever You Go

We’ve seen those so-called portable diesel and petrol electricity generators. But these portable generators are bulky and heavy to move and not very environmentally friendly. Now, we have a technology that can really be called…

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State-of-the-Art Physics Software Elevates Paper Airplane Design to a New Level

For most people, paper airplanes are a delight of being a child and we may revisit the art when we are in college studying aerodynamics or Leonardo da Vinci’s ornithropter, a model plane made of…

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Students Design “RoboCouch” For Doing Work Or Being Lazy On The Go!

Nine engineering students at the University of New South Wales in Australia have developed a robotic couch, aptly named the “robocouch”, capable of transporting you places through the use of a Raspberry Pi and simple…

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DeepFlight Is Taking Preorders For This Crazy Personal Submarine For $1.5 Million…

Submersible designer Graham Hawkes has unveiled his latest personal submarine design called the Deepflight Dragon. Hawke’s new design has the capability to simply float on the water’s surface unless the thrusters are engaged to submerge…

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Step Right Up! Next Week’s Industrial Automation Electronics Conference to Focus on Issues and Opportunities in $75 Billion Market

The knock against “automation”, from the Greek word meaning “self-dedicated”, may be that it’s a bit complicated. But companies provide automation equipment and services to make the world a simpler place, ultimately making life and…

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Michigan Could Ban Direct Tesla Sales as Early as Next Week

Tesla is anxiously awaiting the decision of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on House Bill 5606, which revolves around curtailing dealership fees, and has an amendment that precludes carmakers from direct sales in Michigan. Obviously, this…

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Nissan Engineers Create the First Self-Cleaning Car

Nissan has developed a super-hydrophobic and oleophobic paint that repels water and oil… What does this mean? Nissan has essentially created the first self-cleaning car. No more car washes! The finish is like wax, but…

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Delta Airlines Surpasses Third Quarter Earnings Expectations

Wall Street analysts expected Delta Airlines to end the the third quarter with a quarterly profit of $1.18 per share but the airline company has surpasses expectations with a quarterly profit of $1.18. Third quarter…

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The Air Force’s Mysterious X-37B Unmanned Space Aircraft Is Landing After 22 Months In Orbit

As long as adverse weather conditions hold off, the Air Force’s X-37B space drone is set to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after 22 months in orbit. Not much is known about…

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World’s Largest Ship Ever Built and First Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Platform to Begin Drilling in 2017

Shell Oil will soon deploy its, and the world’s, first “Floating Liquefied Natural Gas” (FLNG) platform, built at a cost of $52 billion. The ship took 1.6 million hours front end engineering and design (FEED).…

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